Episodes

  • 030 Attack on the USS Liberty - When Israel attacked the US Military | Phil Tourney
    Aug 11 2024
    Today I'm joined by US Navy Veteran and recipient of broze star medal Philip Tourney - one of the remaining survivors of the *documented* attack on US military personnel by Israel on June 8th 1967 - where 174 Americans were injured and 34 murdered aboard the USS Liberty... out of a total of just under 300 men. I don't say killed in action because as you'll find out - there was no action in the typical sense of the word as it pertains to military conflict, in fact, it is specifically labelled as unexpected and unprovoked in the citation for the aforementioned medal. Lyndon Johnson - then president - chose to take no action against Israel so as not to embarrass them and the men were told to keep their mouths shut with threats of prison, job loss or worse... This story was subsequently buried and NO congressional investigation was ever fully done to ascertain what had happened as the US government colluded with the Israeli government to create a false flag attack to drag the US into the 6 day war and trigger WW3. This conversation is all the more important as we consider what Israel is now doing in the ME to Syria, Iran, Lebanon etc. attempting to provoke a larger reaction where Israel's allies must commit which again, would trigger a larger conflict. 00:00 intro 04:00 Run up to Israels attack 08:15 The attack begins with unmarked jets 10:44 Why would Israel need to NAPALM their "allies" ship?! 12:20 Signals jammed & US have sent jets to Egypt... before you guys identified an attacker? 13:30 Support jets were RECALLED?! 14:18 President Lyndon Johnson recalled support jets as well!! 17:01 Then the SECOND WAVE of the attack - Torpedo boats 23:15 The THIRD WAVE - Israeli marines in helicopters 25:50 Israel's history of attacking their "friends" 26:41 What happened after the third wave? 27:45 Could you have defended yourselves properly during the attack? 28:50 An Admiral arrives with an (un)surprising response... 32:46 What did the Admiral say and do? 35:22 Any threats to your life for speaking out? 39:30 It was 57 years ago - When did you start speaking out and why? 42:30 Is there any hard evidence or is this speculation? 44:20 What was Israel's response? Why did they do this? 49:00 What was the plan if the liberty was sunk? WW3? 52:14 Israel are dragging the world into WW3 once again in 2024 54:00 USS Liberty survivors labelled as N*zi's, bigots, racist, anti-semites 56:32 US Policy is dictated by AIPAC/Israeli interests 58:59 USS Maddox - another false flag! 1:02:20 Other wars and false flags in our names? 1:03:25 The deep state controls nations, not state leaders 1:05:10 Trump on foreign policy - only peaceful president NOT starting new wars, disengaging from wars and 1:07:55 Disturbing reality about modern warfare & weaponry 1:10:30 What do you mean by the Zionist state of Israel 1:11:50 Did Israel ever apologise to the sailors? 1:13:20 Oct 7 was allowed to happen to take war into Gaza 1:15:20 Where can people find you guys USS Liberty Veterans https://www.usslibertyveterans.org/ https://justiceforliberty.org/ Admiral Moorer report https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2004-10-11/html/CREC-2004-10-11-pt1-PgE1886-3.htm (brief summary) https://ifamericansknew.org/media/misslib.html?_gl=1*38ryen*_gcl_au*Njg4ODQwMTMxLjE3MjIyODM5OTM. War crimes report http://gtr5.com/evidence/warcrimes.pdf Statement by Capt Ward Boston Jr. https://rense.com/general47/statementbycaptward.htm Israeli foreign aid https://usafacts.org/articles/how-much-military-aid-does-the-us-give-to-israel/ Letterbombs to Truman https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/02/archives/letterbombs-mailed-to-truman-in-1947-truman-was-sent-bombs-book.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190507153853/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/02/archives/letterbombs-mailed-to-truman-in-1947-truman-was-sent-bombs-book.html King David Hotel https://www.jerusalemstory.com/en/article/king-david-hotel-focal-point-british-mandate-jerusalem-whose-bombing-was-watershed-moment https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06dz9vf Robert McNamara & Meir Amit https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v19/d124 DEW's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKwRI9CmCBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWFGzoYod5M Hannibal directive https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 029 | The Trust Fall: Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Free Speech | Kym Staton
    Mar 18 2024

    This time I speak with Kym Staton, Award winning film director having started with Films for Change, a way to host, promote and distribute documentaries the globe over. We're going to be discussing the documentary he has made - The Trust Fall - Julian Assange and the implications the Assange trial has for press freedoms, global freedom of speech & democracy at large, or the glaring indictment against democracy.

    At the end of this episode I play the collateral murder video for posterity. 00:00 Intro 00:41 The Trust Fall documentary Trailer 04:05 Why did you decide to make the documentary? 09:50 Why did Julian go into exile in the Ecuadorian embassy for 7 years 10:45 Julian is constantly accused of r@pe, what really happened with the Sweden case? 13:40 Did Julian's journalism put any lives at risk? Did he redact names? 17:05 "The Big Lie" 18:55 Wikileaks being debanked, but criminals not. 21:30 How much more info would we have with Ukraine & Gaza if Julian was still free to disseminate info? 23:16 What does this say about the state of Journalism as a whole? 27:16 Why do we have so few whistleblowers? 32:00 What are they charging him with in the Espionage act? 33:30 The erosion of our free speech over the centuries 39:15 How is it they're giving Assange a "slow death" through his imprisonment and mental torture? 43:30 Why is there so much unawareness on a societal level? 51:00 parallels between Julian Assange and Alexei Navalny 53:40 Why haven't the UK just handed him over anyhow? 53:50 What is the Collateral Murder video? 01:01:10 Where can people watch The Trust Fall: Julian Assange and how can we get our cinema to show it? 01:07:10 How can people get in touch and find you?

    www.TheTrustFall.org www.filmsforchange.stream

    Journalists imprisoned - 779 jailed in 2023. https://rsf.org/en/779-journalists-were-jailed-2023-547-will-spend-new-year-s-eve-prison

    Vault 7 (along with documents, handily available on wikileaks!) https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/

    Nobody harmed due to wikileaks pentagon testimony https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/bradley-manning-sentencing-hearing-pentagon https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/wikileaks-us-government-admits-no-one-was-physically-harmed-due-to-publications-on-first-day-of-extradition-trial/

    Assange stripped naked and put in isolation https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/06/24/wtti-j24.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/01/05/assa-j05.html

    Collateral murder Video https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/ download https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Collateral_Murder,_5_Apr_2010 Article by the guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/all-lies-how-the-us-military-covered-up-gunning-down-two-journalists-in-iraq

    CIA Torture from John Kiriakou podcast https://medium.com/war-is-boring/dont-ever-forget-the-cia-tortured-prisoners-to-death-c787b13a4e88 https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/08/tort-a25.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/ Daniel Elsberg/Pentagon papers https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57341592 029 | The Trust Fall: Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Free Speech | Kym Staton

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • 028 | Geoengineering: Going Beyond HAARP, Weather Manipulation and Chemtrails | Elana Freeland
    Dec 28 2023
    Today we have with us, I'm excited to say, Elana Freeland - an expert in one of my fave areas having done decades of research in this space to better understand what is happening in the world around us- geoengineering - and if you don't know what that is, you may be familiar with a tiny element of it - chemtrails - and if you're unfamiliar with either of those things are - prepare to have your minds blown - Elana has released multiple books on the topics - currently. She's a lecturer, writer, teacher and ghost writer, also having helped bring to light the stories of MK Ultra survivors such as Billy Hayes. You might find some of this stuff hard to believe - if so, have a look at the links in the description - or better yet - get your hands on any one of Elana's books on the topic - She methodically references everything with every part of every book based on verifiable evidence 00:00 Intro 05:00 Weather engineering through Project Popeye + Lyndon B Johnson Speech 08:20 What is Geoengineering? 11:10 Real world examples of cloud seeding 13:17 What is HAARP? (High frequency Active Aurora Research Project) 16:10 What is the Strategic Defence Initiative (Star Wars Program 1980s AKA Secret space program) 20:00 How does HAARP work? 25:30 Soil samples, work by Kristen Meghan & Dane Wiggington 28:00 How can we make this more tangiable 29:20 Nanobot aerosols, DEWs, effects on cognition 33:30 HAARP as a weapon 37:30 Who is doing this? 44:00 Matt Anderson (Booz Allen Hamilton Exec on the military implications of geoeng & not for climate change mediation!) 47:00 Solar radiation management 49:35 Geoengineering, Synthetic biology & Clifford Carincom 52:00 Lockheed Martin - Space Fence 57:00 Transhumanism, neural mesh, neurolink 01:01:30 Why are they doing this? 01:11:00 Nanotech 01:14:30 Changes in our humanity 01:18:00 What can we do to protect ourselves, our humanity? 01:25:00 minimise electromagnetic exposure 01:28:00 Become conscious of your food 01:30:00 Your thoughts Oxford uni Geoengineering https://www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/what-is-geoengineering/what-is-geoengineering/ Operation Popeye https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v28/d274 Lyndon B Johnson developing a weather satellite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLi5GkpzRqc&ab_channel=TheTimeOfTheEnd Cloud Seeding https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dubai-rain-cloud-seeding-heat-weather/ https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/2022/07/11/cloud-seeding-in-dubai-abu-dhabi-and-rest-of-uae-how-does-it-work/ Iran - Mahmous Ahmadinejad https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8527455/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-says-Europe-stealing-Irans-rain.html (Way back archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20180703214436/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8527455/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-says-Europe-stealing-Irans-rain.html General Wesley Clarke - 7 countries in 5 years https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/9/22/us-plans-to-attack-seven-muslim-states Catherine Austin Fitts - $21 Trillion & Criminal US Gov https://usawatchdog.com/21-trillion-missing-u-s-government-a-criminal-enterprise-catherine-austin-fitts/ Soil Samples Kristen Meghan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oF2pxefB9I&ab_channel=NewageLu Nanobot aerosols https://futurism.com/the-byte/nanobots-aerosol-mit Holographic interferometry https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/holographic-interferometry Matt Anderson - Booz Allen Hamilton - Geoengineering The Guardian article https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2012/feb/09/at-war-over-geoengineering Clifford Carnicom's work https://carnicominstitute.org/ Elana's website https://www.elanafreeland.com Follow me Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sunnys91 Twitter: Https://www.twitter.com/sunnypodcasts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theopenforumpodcast Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2169950
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • 027 | Child Abuse lawyer Dino Nocivelli speaks on how we can better help victims and what to look out for
    Dec 28 2023

    Dino Nocivelli is a partner in the abuse department at leigh day law firm and actively works towards law reforms as it pertains sexual abuse and has appeared in various media outlets such as the BBC, ITV & others as well as IICSA - the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse - CSA- providing expert opinion and testimony. In this episode following on from my chat on child trafficking last time with Craig Sawyer, we discuss CSA, how we can help victims, recognising the signs of someone in distress as well as what we should be aware of when it comes to abusers - and no, it's not the stereotypical weirdo in a long coat near schools or "stranger danger" that is the threat to our children!

    00:00 Intro 00:42 Who is Dino & what does he do 03:35 Why does it take so long for children to come forward after abuse? 10:25 How can we help prevent abuse victims from falling into substance abuse? 13:10 Mandatory reporting isn't always a thing! 15:10 Abusers never have just 1 victim. 18:50 How do abusers move from place to place without recourse? 22:30 Is there a concerted effort to protect abusers because those in positions of power are themselves abusers? 37:30 Does prison reform work or do abuse victims go on to become abusers? 42:20 Recidivism rate and are prison sentences adequate? 51:20 Links between pornography and abuse 57:40 How can people find you and your work?

    Jimmy Saville & Russel Brand interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31iOFVuMwEg&pp=ygUgcnVzc2VsbCBicmFuZCBqaW1teSBzYXZpbGUgcmFkaW8%3D&ab_channel=TheBritisherPaz49 Jimmy Saville: I'm feared in every girls school https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtUuOIXLawg&ab_channel=Nubfalconium

    German gov. operation Helmut Kentler https://www.opindia.com/2021/07/german-secret-paedophile-project-psychologist-helmut-kentler-homeless-children-with-men/

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-experiment-that-placed-foster-children-with-pedophiles

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    58 mins
  • 026 | Combating Child Trafficking and Ideological Subversion | Craig ”Sawman” Sawyer
    Sep 17 2023
    Craig "Sawman" Sawyer is a former Marine, Navy Seal, Air marshal, Agent in Charge for protection details of foreign dignitaries in war zones and has operated in 60 countries. Since 2017 he's gone on to found Veterans for child rescue (www.v4cr.org) - a not for profit working to combat child trafficking and support survivors as well as connecting them with the help they need to heal from the traumas. Todays conversation is about the breakdown in our society that allows for this inhumane practise to continue as an open secret amongst the most powerful in our society and news media remains silent on despite the high profile cases of Epstein, Weinstein, Mack, Saville etc. Craig talks us through some of the origins of the attempted normalization of child predation, big tech censorship - how junk science was used to justify it and how the breakdown of the family unit lends itself to an environment whereby predators are able to sniff out the vulnerable, and much, much more. 00:00 Intro 02:06 Realising Child Trafficking is a cover op run in the USA 06:40 How has child trafficking & abuse become so abundant? 07:55 Satanic cults and abuse. 13:05 Can spirituality help us function better? 15:48 Why haven't people in charge come forward to talk about it, fear, power? 20:30 Alfred Kinsey and attempts of normalizing paedophilia through "research" 25:35 Ideology subversion - destroy strong family units & strong males 36:22 Predators know to target children from broken homes 41:54 Become informed - find alternative news sources 44:00 UN & ICJ decriminalising age of consent & sexualization of children 46:00 The role of psychological manipulation 50:15 We need to be aware what key members of our institutions are doing behind the scenes 51:45 The Kentler Project 53:00 Censorship by big tech on stopping child trafficking 55:50 Big tech cancelling fundraising efforts 57:06 They want control & a NWO 59:00 Pollution, climate 1:00:50 It's a choice - serfdom or sovereignty 1:04:14 Crisis moments are hotbeds for trafficking opportunities 1:08:40 Easy access through the southern border 01:17:50 What can we as citizens do? 01:21:50 What is the Documentary Contraland? 01:24:20 What can survivors do? Contraland Movie: https://www.contralandmovie.com Vets 4 Child Rescue https://vets4childrescue.org/ Kentler Project https://www.opindia.com/2021/07/german-secret-paedophile-project-psychologist-helmut-kentler-homeless-children-with-men/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-experiment-that-placed-foster-children-with-pedophiles Weinstein and minors https://deadline.com/2018/10/harvey-weinstein-new-victim-lawsuit-model-sexual-assault-complaint-1202493566/ Kinsey https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/movies/alfred-kinsey-liberator-or-pervert.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180221220109/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/movies/alfred-kinsey-liberator-or-pervert.html https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/alfred-kinsey-reports-father-of-sexual-revolution-who-said-rape-benefits-children/ Yuri Bezmenov interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmXiapfCs8&t=280s&ab_channel=npatou ICJ/UN 8 March Principles https://icj2.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-March-Principles-Report_final_print-version.pdf Instagram connects pedophiles https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagram-vast-pedophile-network-4ab7189 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/instagrams-algorithms-connect-vast-paedophile-network-seeking-child-pornography-report-4103916 Instagram hotbed for child trafficking https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/apr/27/how-facebook-and-instagram-became-marketplaces-for-child-sex-trafficking Follow me Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sunnys91 Twitter: Https://www.twitter.com/sunnypodcasts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theopenforumpodcast Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2169950
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 025 | A Voice of the Vaccine Injured | Tracey Bettridge
    Jul 23 2023

    Tracey Bettridge is one of the many silenced voices of the vaccine injured. Shortly after having an mRNA booster shot, Tracey unfortunately suffered vaccine induced transverse myelitis as diagnosed by her neurologist and was told it would not have happened had she not taken the shot, a shot that was coerced due to government mandates. Prior to this, Tracey had no other underlying health conditions. In this episode we discuss Tracey's injury, how it has effected her now going forward as she begins a journey of rehabilitation as well as the support (read: lack thereof) from her local representatives in government - instead support coming from further afield in the shape of the few voices in the Australian parliament that are seeking to help those who have been injured as a result of the experimental shots. **Tracey mentioned afterwards that at times it was difficult to maintain the flow due to the brain fog that has occurred as one of the many side effects since taking the shot. As always, links to relevant articles or new stories are below!

    00:50 Intro 03:00 What happened? Any warning signs? 09:30 Did you have the choice to take the shot or not? 15:00 How did your staff feel about government mandates? 20:30 You're in a class action lawsuit, have you reviewed the Pfizer documents? 24:200 Information was available, but NO government took accountability and they all went with the narrative? 28:38 Has your vaccine injury been medically diagnosed, or is it speculation? 33:20 How is it not being able to work due to the injury from the shot? 37:20 How have the people around you responded to your injury? 40:20 How have you been coping? 42:40 Advice for those going through it? 49:40 How does it feel having no representation by your elected officials? 55:50 How has this injury impacted your life? 1:02:20 Class action lawsuit Vs. Commonwealth and TGA 1:06:00 Those pushing this forward in parliament and further afield.

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    Australia stopping AstraZenaca https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/23/australia-plans-to-shelve-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-by-october

    Fines in Australia for unvax staff https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-20/covid-vaccination-to-be-mandatory-for-most-wa-workers/100552664 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-02/top-legal-expert-warns-unvaccinated-workers-pose-legal-risk/100585556

    Don't speak to your neighbours, don't do your own research https://www.theblaze.com/news/australian-health-officer-do-not-talk-to-each-other

    Pfizer wants 75 years to release docs https://aaronsiri.substack.com/p/instead-of-fdas-requested-500-pages https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/fda-must-hit-gas-foia-request-tied-to-pfizer-s-covid-19-vaccine-judge-orders

    PHS stop releasing figures https://www.thenational.scot/news/19931745.covid-data-will-not-published-concerns-misrepresented-anti-vaxxers/

    Decision to vaccinate placebo group https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/19/969143015/long-term-studies-of-covid-19-vaccines-hurt-by-placebo-recipients-getting-immuni

    Partygate https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/25/boris-johnson-parties-number-10/

    Ed Dowd data around vax injuries - there's a lot here https://www.theyliedpeopledied.com/ https://phinancetechnologies.com/HumanityProjects/Humanity%20Projects.asp

    Evidence around adverse reactions from pfizer docs https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/modern-day-censorship/pfizer-covid-vaccine-has-1291-side-effects-reveals-official-documents/ Document - Appendix 1 Pg 30 https://www.riotimesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Pfizer-real-data-released.pdf

    1 in ~536 serious adverse events - Fraiman et al. 2022 Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22010283?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

    Anne Frank House pic vax pass https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgGCEstikI/?img_index=1

    1.13.00 rumble out of france https://www.rt.com/news/565785-rumble-france-censorship-demand/

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Ep. 024 | Society 4.0: Building A Citizens Society NOT A Great / Elite Reset | Bob de Wit
    May 29 2023

    Prof. Bob de Wit is the Professor of Strategic Leadership at Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands as well as the founder and owner of Strategy Works and Strategy Academy, with a plethora of books and publications such as Strategy: An International Perspective being used at universities in over 70 countries around the world. Having predicted an impending societal change in the mid 2010's there are few better placed to discuss said upheaval than Bob, join us as we discuss the impending societal revolution following on from one of Bob's latest books Society 4.0 - discussing the possibility for us to take this opportunity to create a citizens society as opposed to the Elite Reset society - commonly referred to as the Great Reset. Creating a society that is led from the bottom up, rather than the top down as a corporatocracy/great reset society would build. Bob has a unique take on this having called out early in 2020 the chance for the Corona crisis to be used for other purposes. Join us as we discuss what we can do to move forward positively as well as how our current political landscape needs to change to prevent the abuses of power we see today implementing a public merit score only for those who wish to represent the populous on national and international political stages and how we can truly become the best Glocal citizens possible! Bob has a refreshing outlook - instead of continually hammering on the negatives he is constantly looking for the positive opportunities that are available as well as inspiring others with their chance to push forward!

    00:40 intro

    01:46 What triggered your deep dive into societal change?

    02:43 How Corona ushered in the beginning of change

    04:36 What were society 1.0 (feudal), 2.0 (traders) & 3.0 (industrial revolution)

    12:15 Power shifts between global corporations Vs. nation states & influence of NGO's

    18:10 Why is it a bad idea to let corporate leaders take global control?

    23:00 People don't understand what they're voting.

    29:30 What is the alternative to the "Great/Elite Reset"? What is the Citizens Society?

    33:00 Redefining politically eligibility with Integrity & Competency (Public Merit) scores for politicians *ONLY*

    35:34 How can we address & assess political integrity?

    45:52 AI influences on this new society by 2030?

    54:22 Changing humanities position on the planet after machines change the working world

    57:00 Finding purpose in this new society?

    01:03:20 How will we conduct trade in the new society

    01:07:20 A New form of payment through societal contribution & added value

    01:11:10 How we create a system to prevent manipulation

    01:14:00 Formulating a brighter society, together.

    01:18:50 How has your work been impacted by your perception of current events?

    01:21:30 How can people find you and implement this into their communities?

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • 023 | Economic hitmen - from US dominance to potential Chinese superiority? | John Perkins
    May 5 2023

    I'm fortunate to be joined once more by John Perkins - the infamous Economic Hitman whom you may remember from episode 17 of the podcast. This time we talk about China and their economic hitmen, what is it about their approach that has been so appealing and so successful, the pluses and minuses of their approach to the economic hitman strategy as they apply the 4 pillars as well as some issues that have arisen as a result of poor infrastructure development by Chinese contractors and more importantly the environmental impact these strategies have. John talks more about how it is we can make a life economy rather than this continuation of the death economy that he was once a part of creating many years ago through a sustainable future as a part of the planet rather than placing ourselves "above" the needs of the planet! Tune in to find out more!

    00:50 Why a third edition? 04:12 Shouldn't we be encouraging lifting people out of poverty? 06:10 What is the Death Economy vs. Life Economy? 10:15 Difference between ESG & "Life Economy"? 12:40 Why is China's approach to EHM's so egregious, and what do they do well? 19:15 China still exercise influence on countries they invest in 24.30 Don't we need to release regulations in order to bring industry back to US/Europe etc. for economic independence 29:45 Free Market vs Predatory Capitalism? 34:00 The devil we know (USA) vs Devil we don't? (China) 41:35 Aren't china attempting to bring the world together though? 47:20 How can we look forward? 52:57 What can people do, now?

    There are a lot of things I could link here, but having read a lot of John's work, and his newest edition to The Economic Hitman, I cannot recommend the book highly enough. It is referenced cover to cover and thoroughly researched so I'll provide a link to that here (note: this isn't sponsored, neither John or his team have asked me to do so and I gain nothing from you clicking the link or anything like that!) https://johnperkins.org/books

    China's bad projects - Ecuador hydro electric dam next to rainforest on a fault line https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-global-mega-projects-infrastructure-falling-apart-11674166180 https://multimedia.scmp.com/week-asia/article/3011618/beijing-conquest-latin-america/chapter02.html https://energiesnet.com/chinas-ecuador-hydroelectric-plant-and-others-global-mega-projects-are-falling-apart-wsj/

    Countries China trades with vs USA https://www.visualcapitalist.com/china-u-s-worlds-trading-partner/

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    56 mins